Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Chearthur/Archive

29 January 2013

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Main suspected sockmaster is Chearthur - created account 2006 and has contributed to only 1 article, namely his own. IP#1 is suspected sockpuppet supporting claims of Chearthur. IP#2 is suspected sockpuppet supporting claims of Chearthur. IP#3 is suspected sockpuppet supporting claims of Chearthur. All (3) IP accounts come from similar locales...i.e. 86.44.etc.etc. Sockmaster and (3) sockpuppets appear to seek to WP:ILLEGIT and circumvent policy on account creation and use. These accounts clearly support each other, have commented on only this one topic (exception: 86.44.19.216 made comment on Contralto - a type of singer, in 2009 and appears to be used as a sleeper sockpuppet for Chearthur), and all have been deleted once making commentary on this one topic. The suspected sockpuppets appear to be intentionally undermining the validity of Wikipedia for personal gain. So that's (4) deleted accounts commenting on one topic only as their catalogue of comments. Also, their commentary can be defensive and peevish, just as would be expected of someone trying to get away with something. All (3) IP users appear to be from similar locale based on IP addresses/WHOIS. Яεñ99 (talk) 11:28, 29 January 2013 (UTC)


 * I couldn't help but notice that (1) of the IP's was listed "static", and (2) were listed "dynamic" by /WHOIS, but located in Dublin, Ireland of all places. Che Arthur says he hails from Chicago, (I'm going to assume the Illinois part), so that was off center.  And why go and delete the originating account "Chearthur" itself? - now /WHOIS is disrupted for the originating account (not gonna suggest intentional/unintentional, but it is a tad inconvenient for the standard User with regular tools trying to do a lookback). Яεñ99 (talk) 17:15, 29 January 2013 (UTC)


 * I guess the above wasn't enough; File permission problem with File:Che Arthur 2006.jpg. Did someone forget the proper permissions on image files too?  Dang Wiki rules. Яεñ99 (talk) 17:23, 29 January 2013 (UTC)

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 * It's obviously, but I think this is less likely deliberately sockpuppetry, and more likely that Chearthur simply didn't log in and has a very dynamic IP. Someguy1221 (talk) 11:32, 29 January 2013 (UTC)
 * No obvious abuse is apparent, and no action needs to be taken. Someguy1221 (talk) 01:13, 1 February 2013 (UTC)